“There’s no one more cruel to the INTJ than the INTJ in question, and nothing we ourselves do is ever good enough. It’s good, yes, sure, but it’s not good enough. They don’t want good and be done with it. They want to blow their own minds with awe, and never seem to, so they judge themselves for it.”
- The INTJ Way
Hence why I do not blog much, or speak when I have nothing to say. On many occasions, I bore even myself.
…well, you don’t bore your readers.
That’s very kind, thank you. I think part of the curse of being an INTJ is that you are so critical of yourself, you forget other people aren’t nearly as critical of you as you are.
We are all too critical of ourselves… sometimes we push ourselves to do better without realizing that we are doing the best we can.
In the end, that is all God expects of us.
Ah, but then we always feel we are not doing the best we can; that we can do better. *sigh*
Yup.
Then, throw on the added “Christian” pressure of doing something “important” for God. Like He needs us to. Such as: “is what I am doing really bringing honor and glory to Him?” If not, we search for something that does. The truth is of course that all that we do brings glory to Him, because He is the one who gave us talent, gifts, passions, etc., in the first place. But that endless drive to “become more” pushes us forward — at times, to absolute breakdowns.
Yes! It doesn’t matter what I’m doing, I need to be doing more, esp for the Lord! And if I become satisfied by what I’m doing, then I’m being ‘lazy’! ARG!
Please share ALL your thoughts. Fellow INTJ here, so I know how easy it is to dismiss you own ideas, judge them irrelevant and make the evaluation that they don’t “contribute” anything. I also understand not wanting to state anything until you’ve fully thought it through, and also the issues with saying exactly what you mean in the precisely the way you want to say it. Can you tell that I sort of get it? The point is that your entries are fabulous, they are helpful and provide insight to already insightful people. Keep up the great work!
You have pretty much summed me up in your one paragraph — often, I have much to say, but in a world awash with opinions, why should mine be important? I struggle with that. So… thank you for your encouragement. =)